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CRITFC | Yakama Nation (266 words) |
 | Mount Adams, the Klickitat River and the Yakima River are among the defining features of the 1.2 million-acre Yakama Indian Reservation in south central Washington. |
| In the 1855 Treaty with the Yakama, 14 bands and tribes ceded 11.5 million acres to the United States. |
| The bands and tribes in the Yakama confederation are the Kah-milt-pah, Klickitat, Klinquit, Kow-was-say-ee, Li-ay-was, Oche-chotes, Palouse, Pisquose, Se-ap-cat, Shyiks, Skinpah, Wenatshapam, Wishram, and Yakama. |
| YFP History (349 words) |
| The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation are descendents of 14 tribes and bands that are federally recognized under the Treaty of 1855. |
| The reservation is located in south-central Washington, along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range. |
| Yakama Forest Products was approved by General Council resolution in 1994 (GC-3-94) as a way to fully utilize and add value to the allowable timber cut that comes off the NationÂ’s land. |
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